Gathering and cocking machine



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L. PAGEL.

GATHERING AND COCKING MACHINE.

APPHCATION FILED. em. 20, 1920.

Patented May 23, 1922.

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L. PAGEL.

GATHERING AND COCKING MACHINE. APPHCATION FILED on. 20, 1920.

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L. PAGEL. GATHERING A-ND COOKING MACHINE.

APPLICATIQN FILED OCT. 20. 1920. I m mmm v P m M y 23, 11922.

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LOUIS PAGEL, OF FOIEELESTVILLE, WISCONSIN.

GATHJBRJZNG AND cocaine MACHIIIJFJ,

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented inlay 23, 11922..

Application filed October 20, 1920. Serial No. L -18,300.

Toallwhom'itmag concern:

Be it known that l, Louis PAGEL, mat zen? of the UnitedE'ltates,residing at Forest ville, in thecounty oi Door, State otlvis cousin, have invented a new and useful Gathering and Cooking hilachine; and I do hereby declare the following tobea i'ull, clear, and exact description or the inveniilOII SIlCl'I as will enable others skilledin the artto which'it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to gathering and cocking devices whereinhay or any other material will be gathered, conveyed over conveyors and deposited $111 a receptacle, which receptacle is. so constructed that it may be opened and the contents thereof deposited on the'grounduat the willof the operator. A further ObJGCl; is to provide a cooking devicej lor use in connection with harvestmg machines oi the conveyor type, sa d cocking devlce comprislng a vertically d1sposed container located beneath the rear end of the conveyor and into which container the harvested material is deposited. Also to forrnthe container-in sections one of said sections being fixed tothe machine and the other sectionpivotallyconnected to the fixed section-at its upper end and to provide a pivoted bottom for the receptacle as a whole,

said pivoted section and pivoted bottom being operable'througha rotatable shaft having connecting rod and crank connections with the pivoted section and connecting rod and, eccentric connections with the pivoted bottom. f

Alilurther object to provide lever andv clutch means whereby the cooker (Ollilflllling shaft may be rotated .loropening the .ieceptacle and allowing the material therein to be deposited on the ground,inpiles.

A l urtherobject is to form the pivoted bottom from a bar havingspacedfingers thereby allowing the hay or other material when'the bottom is pivoted downwardly to engage the groundbetween. the fingers and allow the fingers to slide outoi." engagement withthe material without draggin the hay along witli'the sameQ Withkthe above and other objects in. view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention 'oi' the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a gather- .ing and cocking machine.

Figure 2 is atop plan view; i Figure 3 is an enlarged detail view showingtlie rear end ofthe machine and cooker iIISGClJlOIl showing the cooker. open.

Figure 4 is'a perspective view of the pivotedbottom of the cooker.

Figureb is a sectional view taken on line fi -tor FigurefZ.

Figure 6 is a perspectiveview ofthe chain spacing and guiding member.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral '1. designates a frame, in bearings of which framethe axle 2 isrotatably mounted said axle having secured to its ends supporting wheels 3, which also rotatewith the axle as the machine moves forwardly.

Secured to one end: oftheshatt 5 are spaced clutch members 11 and 12, and shdably mounted. and also loosely mounted on the shalt 5'is a slidabledouble clutch member 115), which member may be moved into engagement with the clutch member l'l or with the cl Lit/ch" member 1&3 as desired. Clutch member '13 is provided with a sprocket l4- and extending around said sprocket Li and nronnd a sprocket 15 carried by the axle 2 is a sprocket chain 16. i Vhen the machine moves forwardly and the axle 2 is rotated the clutch member 13 will berotated through the medium ofthe sprocket cliaiirlfi, thereby rotating the shaft 5 which operates-the Rotatahly mounted in conveyor chains 9. bearings of brackets 9 carried by the forward ends of the sides 4 are thepintles of gatheringrollers 17 and 18. The roller 17 is rotated in. the direction of the arrow 0 through sprocket and chain connections 18 and 19 with the shat" 5. It will be seen that material which is engaged by the roller 17 will be moved. inwardly and fed between.

the conveyor chains 9 and '10 so that said conveyor chains will. move the same upwardly and rearwardly. Feeding roller 18 is rotated in the direction of the arrow (Z by means of the chain 20 which passes around a sprocket 21 thence downwardly under a sprocket 22 and upwardly around an idle sprocket 23-as shown in Figures 1 and 5. One side of the chain 20 engages the sprocket 2 1 which is carried by the shaft 6 thereby causing said shaft to be rotated and the conveyor chains 10 to move in the direction of the arrow 6 simultaneously with the movement of the chains 9 in the direction of the arrow 0. It will be seen that rollers 17 and 1.8 will feed material between the conveyor chains 9 and 10 and that said conveyor chains will convex the material upwardly and rearwardly. ne of the brackets 9- is provided with a downwardly and outwardly extending arm 9 which supports a segmentally shaped channel member 9, said channel member being disposed beneath the sprocket 22 and forms means for spacing one side of the sprocket chain 20 from the other side adjacent the sprocket 23 and guiding the chain in its movement.

The forwardend of the machine is supported on wheels 25 and the machine as a whole may be propelled'in any way desired. Secured to the rear ends of the sides a of the conveyors is a rearwardly and downwardly extending elbow 26, to the lower end of which is secured as at 27 a fixed segmentally shaped section 28 of a cocker 29. The said section 28 of the cocker is also secured at 30 to the frame 1 for bracing and supporting the same. The cocker 29 is vertically disposed and the section 28 has pivotally connected thereto as at 31 a segmentally shaped section 32, which section is adapted to be pivoted outwardly during a discharging op eration. The lower ends of the sections 28 and 32 are open, however they are normally closed by means ol the pivoted bottom 33 which is pivoted as at 3st to the lower end of the section 28. The bottom 33 comprises a bar 36 having a plurality of spaced fingers 37 which normally close the bottom of the cooker and hold the material which is deposited therein by the conveyor, until it is desired to open the cocker and deposit the contents thereof on the ground. Extending downwardly from the bar 36 of the bottom 33 is an arm 38, to the lower end of which arm is pivoted as at 39 aconnecting rod '10, said connecting rod extending forwardly and upwardly and terminating in an eccentric yoke 11 which surrounds eccentric 12 carried by the rotatable shaft The rotatable shaft 43 is rotatably mounted in bearings H of the "frame 1 and has secured to one of its ends a sprocket 415, around which sprocket and a sprocket 46 carried by the'clutch member 12, a sprocket chain 417 extends. The clutch 12 is loosely mounted on the sha'l't 5, there lore it will be seen that the rotatable shalt 43 will normally be idle until the clutch 13 is moved into engagement with the same. (llutch 13 is controlled through the bell crank 4-8, con necting rod 9 and foot lever 50. When the clutch member 13 is in engagement with the clutch member 12, shaft 13 will be rotated, the operator controlling the clutch 13 so that one hall revolution of the shaft 4:3 will be accomplished. When the shaft a rotates one half revolution the eccentric 12 will cause the pivoted bottom 33 to pivot downwardly. During this partial rotation the cranks 51 of the shaft d3 will move rearwardly to the position shown in Figure 3, thereby forcing connecting rods 52 rearwardly and as the connecting rods 52 are pivotally connected as at 53 to the pivoted cocker section 32, it will be seen that said section 32 will be simultaneously moved outwardly at its lower end, at the same time that the free end of the pivoted bottom 33 moves downwardly, thereby discharging the contents of the cooker 29 onto the ground at the same time that the machine is moving forwardly. The fingers 37 01 the pivoted bottom will move out of the deposited material after which the clutch 13 may be again thrown into engagement with the clutch 12 for making another half revolution of the shaft 13 which will cause the pivoted section 32 to close and also cause the pivoted bottom 33 to close.

From the above it will be seen that a cocker is provided for use in connection with harvesting machines which is under the control or the operator at all times and one wherein the action is positive and the operation controlled through clutch mechanism in such a manner that the cocker may be opened. and closed through the medium oli the engagement with the ground ol" the wheels of the machine.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is:-

1. The combination with a gathering device of the characler described having a conveyor siiipportod on wheels and operable from said wheels, ol a cock forming device extending downwardly 1' rom the rear end of said conveyor, said cock forming device comprising a pivoted section, said pivoted section being pivotally connected to the upper end of a stationary section, a pivoted bottom pivotally connected to the bottom of the stationary section means for simultaneously lowering the bottom and opening the cocker sections, said means comprising a rotatable shaft having cranks, link connections between said cranks and the pivoted cocker section. an eccentric carried by said shaft, an eccentric strap surrounding said eccentric, said eccentric strap being secured to a rod, the "free end of said rod being connected to an arm carried by the pivoted bottom and means whereby said shaft may be rotated through mechanism operated by a forward movement of the gathering and cooking device.

2. The combination with a cocking device comprising a receptacle having a rearwardly movable pivoted section and a downwardly movable bottom closure pivoted to the bottom of the receptacle and provided with a downwardly extending operating arm, of

means for simultaneously moving rearwardly the rearwardly movableportion of the receptacle and the downwardly movable bottom, said means comprising a rotatable shaft having cranks, connecting rods connecting said cranks to the rearwardly movable member, an eccentric carried by the shaft and having an eccentric rod connection with the downwardly extending arm of the bottom. i

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS PAGEL.

' Witnesses: I WV. H. BAs'rAR, L. J. GE QNDALE. 

